Domestic Violence Act 1994 · s 5

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s 5Protection order

(1)

The court may, in an application involving a complaint of domestic violence, issue any one or more of the following protection orders:

(a)

a protection order restraining the person against whom the order is made from using domestic violence against the victim;

(b)

a protection order restraining the person against whom the order is made from using domestic violence against the child;

(c)

a protection order restraining the person against whom the order is made from using domestic violence against the incapacitated adult.

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(2)

The Court in making a protection order under paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) may include a provision prohibiting the person against whom the order is made from inciting any other person to commit domestic violence against the protected person or persons.